Listed below are imaging sessions in chronological order using the modified Canon Digital Rebel (300D)
UPDATE: In 2008, I began imaging with a peltier cooled self-modified Canon 450D and astro-images taken with that camera can be seen HERE.
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October 27 through November 13, 2007
Comet 17P/ Holmes - Mosaics, Animations & Images and also
3-D images (Blue/Red 3-D glasses required)
Comet Holmes was imaged with the following telescopes:
Orion ED80:
The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.
20" Starmaster:
October 5-6, 2007
M45 Pleiades Open Cluster
NGC 7000 North America Nebula
M38 Open Cluster, NGC 1907, IC 417 & NGC 1931
NGC 869 & 884 Perseus Double Cluster
M13 Hercules Globular Cluster
Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park
Images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.
September 11-15, 2007
M33 Pinwheel Galaxy
M52 Open Cluster
NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula
Black Forest Star Party Field Photos
August 13, 2007
NGC 6960 Veil Nebula and Jupiter
June 15, 2007
M31 Andromeda Galaxy & M11 Wild Duck Open Cluster
May 15 - 19, 2007
M8 Lagoon Nebula, M20 Trifid Nebula, M17 Omega Nebula, M16 Eagle Nebula, M4 Globular Cluster, Sun in H-Alpha, Moon & Venus Conjunction
All images were taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.
March 18 & 20, 2007
Horsehead & Flame Nebula, M95, M96 & M105 Galaxies, M84, M86 Virgo Core of Galaxies,
M65, M66 & NGC 3628 Galaxies
March 18, 2007
Horsehead & Flame Nebula - M65, M66 & NGC 3628 Galaxies
March 13, 2007
Cone Nebula and NGC 2264 - the Christmas Tree Cluster
Image was taken with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ-G mount. The EQMOD ASCOM driver was used to drive the mount directly via an EQDIR interface module.
March 11, 2007
IC 443 Nebula - Also known as the "Jellyfish Nebula"
March 9, 2007
M1 - Crab Nebula
NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula
M67 - Open Cluster
March 6, 2007
M42 - Orion Nebula
October 26, 2006
Comet C/2006 M4 SWAN - Images & Animation - October 26, 2006
Ricketts Glen
Images below were taken unguided with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was piggybacked on a Meade 10 inch LX200. A Baader UV/IR filter was used
April 25-27, 2006
Animation of Comet 73P Fragment "C"
Images of Fragments "B" & "C", Jupiter & Sun in H-Alpha
September 2005
M57 Ring Nebula, NGC 6960 Veil Nebula, M101 Galaxy, M92 Globular Cluster & M27 Dumbell Nebula
Deep Sky Images taken with a modified Digital Rebel through 20 inch Starmaster Alt-Az Dobsonian with GOTO Skytracker and autoguided using a modified Philips Vesta webcam.
7/10/05: M27 - Dumbell Nebula, NGC 7331 Deer Lick Galaxy Group and NGC 6960 Veil Nebula. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE
7/2/05: Mouseover image showing location of Supernova 2005CS in M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE
5/31-6/1/05: M64 Black Eye Galaxy, M63 Sun Flower Galaxy, M13 Hercules Globular Cluster and M5 Globular Cluster. Imaged with 20 Inch Starmaster with Denkmeier OCS autoguided with 102mm refractor, SC modified Philips webcam using GUIDEDOG software. CLICK HERE
Also: Daytime Infrared Images taken with Modified Canon Rebel.
2/1-5/05: M42, Flame & Horsehead Nebula , Rosette Nebula , M65/ M66 Galaxy Trio in Leo, Cone Nebula & Thor's Helmet. Orion ED80 with f/6.3 reducer autoguided with GUIDEDOG and LX200 with SC modified webcam. CLICK HERE
1/15/05: Comet Machholz and M42 with unguided one-minute exposures. CLICK HERE
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